INTEGRATING SUSTAINABILITY INTO A GOAL PROGRAMMING EXERCISE

Michael Godfrey and Andrew Manikas

Business Education and Accreditation, 2014, vol. 6, issue 1, 45-54

Abstract: This paper discusses a sustainability exercise for use in a management science course. Specifically, we discuss an exercise using goal programming and Excel Solver for making supplier selection decisions incorporating a triple bottom line approach (economic, environmental and social performance objectives). The multiple, conflicting objectives and the qualitative nature of the social performance objective require the use of multi-criteria decision-making. Our goal programming exercise requires only Excel and could be expanded to include additional triple bottom line criteria.

Keywords: Sustainability; Management Science; Curriculum; Triple Bottom Line; Goal Programming (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C6 M11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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